Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-16
WHISTLE AND BELL.
Railroad Gossip From
Many Points.
no DRIVE THAT SPIKE.
General superintendent Fillmore
Sa it Must be Done TO-M0r-
row AfternOOn-Other News.

row AfternOOn-Other Ne VS..
An exchange contains the follow
ing:
The scheme to build a road from
Salt Lake City to Los Angeles seems
to excite general interest, and yet no
positive information has been OBJ
tanned as to who is behind it except
the announcement that an Eastern
syndicate is the interested party. A
few days ago it was stated that Alex
ander Badlam, Colonel Trumbo and
ii. X. Huughton had gone East to
fully consider the plan with the rep
.resentatives OF the syndicate and hear
the ports Of Engineer Roser, Major
Litchfeld, Walter S. Maxwell and Il.
W. Baker on the surve business
prosl .ects and practicability of the
proposnd line. 1t is now being t. liked
about t'at the real syndicate behind
the project is Stanford, Huntington
and Croker, and there are three
facts that support this story.
One is that Colonel Trunbo is Il
salaried employee of the Southern Pa
cific Company and has been on the
books of the company for several years
past. Again, it is stated on reliable
Information that some six weeks ago
Charles Croker, Colonel rrumho and
H. r. Houghton were closeted in close
consultation for half day in Los An
geles. The third fact is that when
Colonel Fred. Crocker was asked yes
terdav afternoon if the Southern Pa
ciflc Company was not the syndicate
interested he made no denial. He
only replied that such report might
be premature, and then went on to
state that he much preferred to build
branch lines in California than road
in Utah, for on the latter there could
be but little local business. But
when pressed for a more d.
rect answer, the gentleman smilingly
wanted to know of the reporter if he
thought it would pay to build such
line when only through business could
be depended upon for earnings. Col
onel Crocker's manner and reply are
sufficient to give substance to the re-
port. Then it would seem very strange
that Trumbo should take such an ac-
tive part in promoting railroad pro-
ject that could not but take traffic
away firm the Southern Pacific and
yet continue to draw salary from
the latter. Mr.. Badlam, during the
past three or four weeks, has been
seen down in the Southern Pacific Of
fees too often to consider his visits
other than on business matters, so it
is net wild statement to say that he
and his companions have really gone
East.to confer with Stanford and
Huntington.
THE LAST SPIKE.
General Superintendent J. A. Fill
more definitely announces that the
excursion to witness the driving of
the last spike on the California and
Oregon road will leave San Francisco
Friday afternoon at O'Clock. There
will only be one excursion train, ami
it will consist of brand-new locomo-
tive AMI new cars. There will prob
ably be ten cars. Ashland will be
reached at 3 O'Clock Saturday after
noon, when the exercises as arranged
for will be imme lately carried out.
Mayor Pond, of San Francisco,
Chairman OF the Executive Committee
OF the Board of Trade, will
first intro luce Governor Water
man to Governor Pennover, of Or
egon. A general introduction OF
ali the invited guests of both
States will en- follow, after which
w. H. l.. Barnes will deliver an adj
dress. A poem will also be read, to
be followed by an Grafton by Frank
M. Pixley. Colonel Fred. Croker
will then drive the silver spike. 1t
is the same one that was used when
the Southern Pacific Company OF New
Mexico was completed t. Ell Paso.
Connected with the spike will be telr-
graph wires, so that at each blow OF
the hammer the fire-bell in Sacra-
mento, Portland, Salem, Or, San
francisco, Los Angeles and Ell Paso
will be rung. f. A. Lamb, OF the
Western Union, is the gentleman who
has arranged these wires. He is the
same gentleman who arranged the
wires that rung the fire-bells in Chi
cago and this city on the completion
Of the Central Pacific to Promontory
THE NEW CAR HEATER.
So much has been said about the
new car heating apparatus OF the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
that short description OF the substi-
tute for stoves will not he out Of place
The steam is taken direct from the
boiler of the locomotive through a
regulating valve, then passes through
a safety valve under the cab. which
only allows low pressure steam to
pass through the heating lipes and
connections in the cars. A direct line
of pipes is laid under each car and
brought up to the top and edge OF the
platform where hose connections and
automatic couplings are placed, pass
ing from one car to another. This di-
rect pipe is properly covered to pre-
vent condensation, and is tapped by
an upright pipe which communicates
with radiator pipes along the sides in
the inside of the cars for the heating
surface. After steam accomplishes
heating in these pipes the condensed
water resulting from it runs freely
down the incline of the pipes and is
allowed to escape under the car.
More New Rates.
The enormous amount OF chickens,
eggs, turkeys, etc., that are brought